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Lee Anderson vs Torsten Bell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Torsten Bell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 230 different votes 238 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
Participation
71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 398 of 649
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
575 eligible divisions
620
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
55.1 % of votes cast
618
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
184
44.9 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Contributions
340
+201.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 24 Feb 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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